Well, the Cubs acquired Derreck Lee from the Marlins for Hee Seop Choi and a player to be named later. While I don't think the trade is terrible for either team I think the Marlins got the better of the deal.
Choi is younger at 24 than Lee at 28
Choi has the potential to be a 100 walk, 25 homerun player for the next 10 years
Lee is likely at or very near his peak production although his homerun totals should go up some in Wrigley Field
Lee walks a good amount which is great and is solid at 1B and to that extent the Cubs are getting a known quantity
Lee makes $4.5M and Choi $300K so what the Cubs are essentially doing is paying for a known quantity rather than taking the risk on a player that very well might be better
In the end, for the difference you're going to get between the two (Lee may outperform Choi the next year or two) it's probably not worth it in the long run. I would have stuck with Choi.
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